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The Economic Organization of Early Camelid Pastoralism in the Andean Highlands of Bolivia
José M. Capriles
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The domestication of South American camelids (llamas and alpacas) transformed the use of the Andean landscape. In the central altiplano of Bolivia, during the Formative Period (1500 BC – AD 500) a cultural complex known as Wankarani developed. This book discusses the development of early camelid pastoralism by testing a set of hypotheses related to Wankarani economic organization. In contrast with previous ideas that suggested the emergence of sedentary agricultural villages in this region, settlement patterns, site layouts and faunal remains analyses support the interpretation that the development and persistence of mobile pastoralist communities occurred in the Bolivian central altiplano.
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Front Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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Table of Contents
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List of Figures
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List of Tables
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Acknowledgements
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Abstract - Resumen
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Chapter 1. Introduction
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Chapter 2. The World of Pastoralism and Andean Camelid Herding
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Chapter 3. Research Problem: Early Camelid Pastoralism in the Central Altiplano
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Chapter 4. Study Area
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Chapter 5. Materials and Methods
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Chapter 6. Archaeological Survey and Settlement Patterns
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Chapter 7. Archaeological Excavations and Settlement Layouts
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Chapter 8. Zooarchaeological Analysis
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Chapter 9. Discussion: Understanding Early Andean Camelid Pastoralism
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Chapter 10. Conclusions
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References Cited
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Published: 2014
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781407341941 (ebook)
- 9781407312293 (paperback)
BAR Number: S2597